Graham Dwyer court case *READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING*

alchemist33 wrote: »

Completely agree with the verdict and sentence and my heart goes out to the victim and her family.

What sticks out for me was the enthusiasm with which the media swarmed over this case, and probably because of the sexual element. In another case a man was convicted of his wifes manslaughter today, but this trial was mentioned barely if at all in the national media. There seems to be an element in Irish society which laps up certain murders, yet will ignore others which are supposedly less newsworthy, and it just annoys me.

Anyway, job well done by the legal system. RIP Elaine

its a number of things:

He was a married man
He was a professional (architect)
The sexual nature of the case
How he was caught
The rarity of the case ( if there was a case like this every week, the public would lose interest in them)

possibly more. but when you add up all those elements you get a case that is unique. this means the papers will sell because people wish to read about it

its similar to how when a new product comes on the market, people flock to buy it because its new and different. from a psychological point of view, that the people havent seen a case like this before means it captures the publics attention.

Henwin wrote: »

2 points about the case i would like to make.
ealaine apparantly told her friends she was seeing a married man who liked to hurt her and she was afraid of him, why didnt they report this to the guards when she went missing
and people like Dywer, how do they become so evil, were they born like this or did something happen to them when they were younger and they turned into a monster. he said he began having these feelings at 14, did something happen then to kick start these feelings. are pysicos born or made

ted bundy said that porn and power were the two main reasons he did what he did. (bundy killed about thirty people) i remember seeing a youtube video wherein a famous psychologist said that one has to be hardwired in some way to want to have to act so abnormally. having said that one still has to find their addiction.

killing to these guys is often like an addiction that they have to service. they get highs from it. they do once, get a high, and then the urge to do it again returns.

but like bundy said, it was the power dywer had over his victim that he found enjoyable and he was also watching porn with regards this type of fetish. eventually porn loses it potency and they have to bring the fantasy to real life.

dywer is the textbook psychopathic narcissist. he displayed complete lack of remorse and thought he would get off free. hes sitting in his cell now thinking he was justified in killing her.

whats an abnormal response to an abnormal situation? A normal response, which is what dywer exhibited. the way his brain was hardwired, the way the chemicals interacted all combined to give you this man.

the scary thing is, there are more men out there. maybe not in ireland but certainly in the world of nearly 8 billion people. scary yes, but true. look at poor karen buckley.

bundy once said the serial killers of this world are your husbands, your brothers and your children.

think of dywers wife, she never would have suspected that her husband and father of her children was such a creature. it shows that one never really knows what happens inside someones head.

scary world alright